Steve Watson (Author)

Steve "SJ" Watson (* 1971 in Stourbridge , Great Britain ) is a British author. His first novel Ich. may. Not. sleep. appeared in 2011.

life and work

Watson studied physics at the University of Birmingham . He lives in London. He worked there for several years for the British National Health Service ( NHS ) in various hospitals, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of children with hearing impairment. In 2008 he was accepted into the Faber Academy's Creative Writing program, reduced his working hours and began writing his first novel. Before I Go To Sleep became a hit in the UK; the rights were sold in 37 other countries. The film rights were sold to Ridley Scott in Hollywood ; The film was made in 2014 by director Rowan Joffé with Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth under the title Ich. May. Not. Sleep. .

expenditure

• I. may. Not. sleep. Translated by Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann. Scherz, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-651-00008-7 .

Original title: Before I Go To Sleep. Doubleday, London 2011.

• Do it. Do not do it. Translated by Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann. Scherz, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-651-00009-4 .

Original title: Second Life. Doubleday, London 2015, ISBN 978-0-85752-020-3 .

Audio books

• I. may. Not. sleep. Argon Verlag , Berlin 2011 (new edition 2014), ISBN 978-3-8398-9231-2 . (6 CDs read by Andrea Sawatzki 469 min.)
• Do it. Do not do it. Argon Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-8398-1410-9 . (6 CDs read by Andrea Sawatzki 493 min.)

Award

• 2011: Dagger Award - Best First Novel: Before I Go To Sleep. (Eng. I. may. not. sleep. )

Web links

• Official webpage of SJ Watson
• Short biography and reviews of works by Steve Watson at perlentaucher.de
• The Wall Street Journal: Novelist SJ Watson Turns Memory Loss Into Thriller , accessed September 30, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ imdb.com
2. ↑ CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.